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Bekan (Biblical Hebrew)

About these units

Pound (lb)

The pound is a traditional unit of mass widely used in the United States and, to a lesser extent, in the United Kingdom. Defined as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms, the pound evolved from medieval English systems that themselves descended from Roman and Carolingian traditions. The pound is central to commerce, engineering, food measurement, and body weight scales in the US. Its widespread cultural presence makes it deeply familiar even in contexts where metric units dominate. Because the pound is part of a non-decimal system, subdivisions such as ounces (1/16 pound) introduce complexity, yet this structure persists due to tradition and embedded industrial standards. In engineering, the pound often appears alongside pound-force, making careful distinction between mass and force essential.

Bekan (Biblical Hebrew) (bekan)

The bekan (or beka) is a half-shekel unit, approximately 5.6 grams. It appears in the Hebrew Bible as the required contribution for the census tax, symbolizing equality among contributors regardless of wealth. As a practical unit, the beka was useful for small-scale offerings, jewelry, and silverwork. Its precise half-shekel value made it easy to incorporate into the larger Hebrew weight structure. The bekan highlights how weights were intertwined with religious observance and communal obligations in ancient Israelite society.

More Pound converters

Pound [lb] ↔ Kilogram [kg]

Pound [lb] ↔ Gram [g]

Pound [lb] ↔ Ounce [oz]

Pound [lb] ↔ Metric Ton [t]

Pound [lb] ↔ Milligram [mg]

Pound [lb] ↔ Stone [st]

Pound [lb] ↔ US Ton (Short) [ton (US)]

Pound [lb] ↔ UK Ton (Long) [ton (UK)]

Pound [lb] ↔ Carat [car, ct]

Pound [lb] ↔ Attogram [ag]

Pound [lb] ↔ Femtogram [fg]

Pound [lb] ↔ Picogram [pg]

Pound [lb] ↔ Nanogram [ng]

Pound [lb] ↔ Microgram [µg]

Pound [lb] ↔ Centigram [cg]

Pound [lb] ↔ Decigram [dg]

Pound [lb] ↔ Dekagram [dag]

Pound [lb] ↔ Hectogram [hg]

Pound [lb] ↔ Megagram [Mg]

Pound [lb] ↔ Gigagram [Gg]

Pound [lb] ↔ Teragram [Tg]

Pound [lb] ↔ Petagram [Pg]

Pound [lb] ↔ Exagram [Eg]

Pound [lb] ↔ Atomic Mass Unit [u]

Pound [lb] ↔ Dalton [Da]

Pound [lb] ↔ Planck Mass [mₕ]

Pound [lb] ↔ Electron Mass [mₑ]

Pound [lb] ↔ Muon Mass [mᵤ]

Pound [lb] ↔ Proton Mass [mₕ (p)]

Pound [lb] ↔ Neutron Mass [mₙ]

Pound [lb] ↔ Deuteron Mass [m𝒹]

Pound [lb] ↔ Kilogram-force Second/Meter [kgf·s²/m]

Pound [lb] ↔ Kilopound [kip]

Pound [lb] ↔ Slug [slug]

Pound [lb] ↔ Poundal [pdl]

Pound [lb] ↔ Pound-force Square Second/Foot [lbf·s²/ft]

Pound [lb] ↔ Pennyweight [pwt]

Pound [lb] ↔ Scruple (Apothecary) [s.ap]

Pound [lb] ↔ Grain [gr]

Pound [lb] ↔ Pound (Troy) [lb t]

Pound [lb] ↔ Ton (Assay) (US) [AT (US)]

Pound [lb] ↔ Ton (Assay) (UK) [AT (UK)]

Pound [lb] ↔ Kiloton (Metric) [kt]

Pound [lb] ↔ Quintal (Metric) [cwt (m)]

Pound [lb] ↔ Hundredweight (US) [cwt (US)]

Pound [lb] ↔ Hundredweight (UK) [cwt (UK)]

Pound [lb] ↔ Quarter (US) [qr (US)]

Pound [lb] ↔ Quarter (UK) [qr (UK)]

Pound [lb] ↔ Stone (US) [st (US)]

Pound [lb] ↔ Talent (Biblical Hebrew) [talent (H)]

Pound [lb] ↔ Mina (Biblical Hebrew) [mina]

Pound [lb] ↔ Shekel (Biblical Hebrew) [shekel]

Pound [lb] ↔ Bekan (Biblical Hebrew) [bekan]

Pound [lb] ↔ Gerah (Biblical Hebrew) [gerah]

Pound [lb] ↔ Talent (Biblical Greek) [talent (G)]

Pound [lb] ↔ Mina (Biblical Greek) [mina (G)]

Pound [lb] ↔ Tetradrachma (Biblical Greek) [tetradrachma]

Pound [lb] ↔ Didrachma (Biblical Greek) [didrachma]

Pound [lb] ↔ Drachma (Biblical Greek) [drachma]

Pound [lb] ↔ Denarius (Biblical Roman) [denarius]

Pound [lb] ↔ Assarion (Biblical Roman) [assarion]

Pound [lb] ↔ Quadrans (Biblical Roman) [quadrans]

Pound [lb] ↔ Lepton (Biblical Roman) [lepton]

Pound [lb] ↔ Earth's Mass [M⊕]

Pound [lb] ↔ Sun's Mass [M☉]

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